MOTI: Models of Production and Distribution for Perishable Commodities

9634750 Daskin这项研究涉及易腐产品的生产和分销的综合模型的发展。 确定物理变质产品（如新鲜食品和某些血液制品）或经济价值迅速衰减的产品（如报纸）的库存水平和交付时间表给决策者带来了许多问题。 研究人员将开发和分析模型，解决产品配送的时间和可靠性，产品配送中心的位置，可能获得规模经济的大型生产设施和可能更接近客户的多个工厂之间的权衡，以及在时间窗口限制下从配送中心路由产品。 这些模型将包括产品供求的不确定性。 研究者将与大型血液制品供应商密切合作，以确保与行业需求的相关性。 在许多行业，如果产品的生产和销售不及时和不可靠，产品的经济价值就会大幅度降低。 此外，生产和分配系统必须一体化，才能发挥最大效力。 这项研究将在竞争激烈的行业中产生更好的战术和运营模型，并最终在投资、运营和客户服务之间做出更好的决策。

9634750 Daskin This research involves the development of integrated models of production and distribution for perishable products. Determining inventory levels and delivery schedules for products that deteriorate physically (such as fresh foods and certain blood products) or whose economic value decays rapidly (such as newspapers) present a number of problems for decision makers. The investigators will develop and analyze models that address the timing and reliability of product distribution, location of product distribution centers, trade-offs between large production facilities where economies of scales may be gained and multiple plants that may be closer to customers, and routing product from distribution centers under time-window constraints. These models will include uncertainty in both supply and demand of product. The investigators will work closely with a large blood products supplier to ensure relevancy to industry needs. In many industries, the economic value of goods is substantially reduced if their production and distribution is not timely and reliable. Moreover, the production and distribution systems must be integrated in order to be most effective. This research should lead to better tactical and operational models in highly competitive industries, and ultimately to better decisions regarding trade-offs between investments, operations, and customer service.